Theguqin([kùtɕʰǐn]ⓘ;Chinese:古琴) is a plucked seven-stringChinese musical instrument. It has been played since ancient times, and has traditionally been favoured byscholarsandliteratias an instrument of great subtlety and refinement...

Kunqu(Chinese:崑曲), also known asKunju(崑劇),K'un-ch'ü,Kun operaorKunqu Opera, is one of the oldest extant forms ofChinese opera. It evolved from a music style local toKunshan, part of theWu cultural area, and later came to...

Chen Jianyou makes dragon and phoenix candles at his workshop in southwest China's Chongqing, Jan. 25, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)The making craft of dragon and phoenix candles, a pair of candles with a dragon figure on one candle and a phoenix of the other, is an intangible cultural heritage o...

Tanmujiang wooden comb traditional making craft, which combines the skills of color decoration, engraving, lacquering, and gold gilding, was listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Chongqing Municipality in 2009. Using boxwood, ebony or sandalwood as comb materials, craftsmen carve patterns suc...

Visitors asked questions and expressed praises for the hand-made cloth tigers as they gathered around an intangible cultural heritage products stall in a scenic area in Licheng County, north China's Shanxi Province.Lihou Tiger toys produced in Licheng come in chubby shapes and bright colors. (Ph...

People are celebrating “Kids’ Day” events in the town of Shitang, Wenling City in east China’s Zhejiang Province as part of the traditional Double Seventh Festival celebrations.On the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar in the town of Shitang, Wenling City in east China’...